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The rodent beaver, dubbed the architect of the water, is emerging as Ukraine’s new ally, the British Telegraph reported on the 13th local time.
This is because beaver-built dams have formed a thick layer of mud and bogs in northwestern Ukraine on the border with Belarus, blocking the Russian invasion route through Belarus to some extent.
A defense brigade in Ukraine’s Volyn Oblast, bordering Belarus, sees the beaver dam’s wetlands as a geographical advantage for Ukrainian forces while giving them time to prepare for an invasion.
Defense Brigade spokesman Sergiy Hominsky said the beavers made the ground damp and impassable.
“Normally, when beavers build dams, people tear them down, but this time they didn’t because of the war, so there’s water everywhere,” Hominsky said.
Konrad Muzikado, an analyst at Rochan Consulting, a military intelligence firm, said, “Ukraine’s Volyn Province would be a terrible area for an air strike operation.” An easy structure.”
Belarus, which shares the northern border with Ukraine, has been constantly mentioned as a new invasion route for Russia, and recently, tensions are rising, such as the deployment of large numbers of Russian military aircraft in Belarus, the Telegraph reported.
“From a legal point of view, the use of military force by Ukraine or the invasion of Belarus or Russia by Ukrainian forces is sufficient grounds for a collective response,” Russian Foreign Ministry official Alexei Polishuk said on Saturday.
